Moniliformis

Moniliformis

(mō-nil'i-fōr'mis),

A genus of the class (or phylum) Acanthocephala, the thorny-headed worms. Moniliformis dubius, the common spiny-headed worm of house rats, is transmitted by infected cockroaches, Periplaneta americana; a few infections in humans have been reported. Moniliformis moniliformis is a species normally found in rodents and is a rare parasite of humans.

[L. monile, necklace, + forma, appearance]

Mo·nil·i·for·mis

(mō-nil'i-fōr'mis)

A genus of thorny-headed worms. A few infections in humans have been reported.

RBF is a zoonotic systemic illness caused by infection from either the gram-negative bacillus Streptobacillus moniliformis, commonly found in the United States, or the gram-negative rod Spirillum minus, commonly seen in Asia.

Based on the comparison of DNA sequence to GenBank (an open access sequence database produced by NCBI Information), the unidentified fungal species showed high similarity with G moniliformis (synonym G.

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